Etymology

Tagalog

Ta·ga·log
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Today it means: A member of the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. Full definition →

Tagalog Tagalog ← Proto-Philippine *íluR ← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluR
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The story

  1. Proto-Philippine*taga-
  2. Tagalogtaga-
  3. Proto-Austronesian*qaluR
  4. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaluR
  5. Tagalogalog
  6. Tagalogtagaalog?
  7. Tagalogtaga-
  8. Proto-Austronesian*iluR
  9. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iluR
  10. Proto-Philippine*íluR
  11. Tagalogilog
  12. Tagalogtagailog?
  13. TagalogTagal?
  14. TagalogTagalog
  15. English todayTagalog

Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

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